Nevada regulators may ban casino chip counterfeiter from casinos

Nevada regulators may ban casino chip counterfeiter from casinos

Article brief provided by Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal
October 5, 2022 7:17 PM
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has nominated a Las Vegas man for inclusion to its list of excluded persons, the so-called “black book” of individuals banned from the state’s casinos.

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If the Nevada Gaming Commission approves the nomination of Leonard Morgan Hairston to the list, he would become the 37th person added and the second person included since August…

Its latest nominee, Hairston, was arrested 34 times and had multiple felony convictions for theft and manufacturing and passing counterfeit casino chips.

Deputy Attorney General John Michela, in a presentation to the board, said Hairston was a “serial gaming offender incapable of staying out of trouble.”